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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's clarion call for unity among Hindus with the slogan 'Katenge to Batenge' has saprked a divide with the Maha Yuti Alliance in Maharashtra. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with State Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar during an election rally on November 10, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Nationalist Congress Party Chief and Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar has publically spoken against this slogan while his ...

Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday launched a veiled attack on party president Ajit Pawar over his exclusion from the new council of ministers, claiming Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was in favour of his induction in the cabinet. IMAGE: NCP president Ajit Pawar with party leader Chhagan Bhujbal. Photograph: ANI Photo He said Ajit Pawar, the NCP president, makes decisions for the party like Fadnavis for the BJP and Eknath Shinde for the Shiv Sena.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inducted 39 ministers into his cabinet on Sunday after assuming office ten days ago. IMAGE: Shiv Sena leader Dadaji Dagadu Bhuse takes oath as Maharashtra minister at a ceremony in Nagpur, December 15, 2024.Photograph: ANI Photo The new cabinet comprises members from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party, reflecting the coalition government formed after the recent state elections.   In the expansion, BJP ...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the Mahayuti allies have agreed to conduct a 'performance audit' of ministers during their tenure. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a conversation with Deputy CM Eknath Shinde during the swearing-in ceremony of the ministers of the Mahayuti alliance government, at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on Sunday. Photograph: ANI Photo While Fadnavis has not mentioned any timeline, Deputy CM and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde said ...

Devendra Fadnavis, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, was on Thursday, December 5, 2024 evening sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister at south Mumbai's Azad Maidan. Fadnavis has held this position twice before. Only Vasantdada Patil and Sharad Pawar have been chief minister four times. Eknath Shinde, who was chief minister between June 30, 2022 and December 4, 2024, and Ajit Pawar were sworn in as deputy chief ministers.   IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi has a pat for Fadnavis who ...

Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Maharashtra's chief minister for the third time at the sprawling Azad Maidan in south Mumbai. In addition to the political celebrities -- Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, Union Home Minister Amit A Shah, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Roads Minister Nitin Gadkari, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Bharatiya Janata Party President J P Nadda, chief ...

The press conference of the Mahayuti allies in Mumbai after they staked claim to form government in Maharashtra witnessed some banter thanks to Ajit Pawar, a 'veteran' deputy chief minister. After it became clear that Devendra Fadnavis would be sworn in as Chief Minister, the question on everyone's mind was whether Eknath Shinde would agree to become his deputy, as the Sena chief has given enough hints that he was not happy after ceding the top post to the BJP. Fadnavis said he called on ...

As the race for Maharashtra chief minister enters the last lap, Hemant Waje looks at several scenarios which can play out. IMAGE: Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar meet Union Home Minister Amit A Shah in New Delhi, November 28, 2024. Photograph: @AjitPawarSpeaks/X It's been 10 days that Maharashtra has been without a chief minister or a government in place despite the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti getting a massive mandate ...

The formation of a new government in Maharashtra, which appeared likely immediately after the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition won a thumping majority in the assembly elections, is delayed due to the Shiv Sena's insistence that Eknath Shinde continue as the chief minister, sources said on Monday. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Photograph: ANI Photo After the November 20 elections results were out on Saturday, there was talk ...